Rayner, who missed practice Wednesday and was limited on Thursday due to a groin/pelvis injury, is expected to be able to kick Sunday against the Dolphins, BuffaloBills.com reports. “We had Rayner limited today,” said coach Gailey after Thursday’s practice. ”But I think he’s going to be just fine. He kicked on the side.”

If Jason Hanson is healthy after suffering a knee injury, Rayner will be looking for a job elsewhere. If Hanson can't prove he's recovered, it'll be Rayner's job in Motown.

2010

While the AFC North-champion Bengals
showed great improvement as a team in 2009,
the offense still struggled, resulting in just 97
kicker points. Long time Bengals kicker Shayne
Graham is a free agent at press time, so
Cincinnati likely will have a new kicker for the
first time since 2003. Nugent kicked for both
the Bucs and Cardinals in 2009 and made just
4-of-8 field goals, while Rayner was released by
Washington early in the season and did not
have any attempts.

Nugent should have the edge as he’s the
more accurate kicker and has the stronger leg
— he made nine field goals from beyond 50
yards in three years as the full-time Jets kicker.
For either kicker to make a fantasy impact,
though, the team will need to increase both its
touchdowns and field-goal attempts. With nine
games this season against teams that were in
the top-11 in scoring defense, that appears
unlikely.

2009

Rayner is competing with three-year incumbent Shaun Suisham for the kicker job in Washington. Suisham struggled last year, but still posted an average better than that of Rayner's career. Look for Rayner to be gone sometime in the preseason.

2007

Rayner will have major competition from Mason Crosby for the job as Rayner missed nine kicks last season, including four from inside 40 yards. With Brett Favre a year older and questions about the running game, plus three potential bad-weather December games, better options are on the board.